TABLE 5   Employed Persons by Major Occupation Group: July 2005 and July 2006 
         (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                                                  April 2006 |            April 2005
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Major Occupation Group                                     Number            |      Number
                                                       (Thousands)   Percent |  (Thousands)  Percent
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Philippines                                                32,926      100.0        32,167     100.0

Officials of government and special interest
      organizations, corporate executives,
      managers, managing proprietors and
      supervisors                                           3,900       11.8         3,671      11.4
Professionals                                               1,387        4.2         1,393       4.3
Technicians and associate professionals                       896        2.7           813       2.5
Clerks                                                      1,524        4.6         1,461       4.5
Service workers and shop and market
      sales workers                                         3,115        9.5         2,947       9.2
Farmers, forestry workers and fishermen                     6,034       18.3         6,187      19.2
Trades and related workers                                  2,782        8.4         2,822       8.8
Plant and machine operators and
     assemblers                                             2,490        7.6         2,433       7.6
Laborers and unskilled workers                             10,658       32.4        10,304      32.0
Special occupations                                           141        0.4           135       0.4

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Note:  Figures were estimated based on the 2000 Census of Population Projections.

Source:  National Statistics Office, July 2005 and July 2006 Labor Force Survey

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